5.16.19 Aaliyah Samuel A New Strategic Vision for NWEA Policy and Advocacy On one of my first trips to the Portland office I noticed a small plaque on the first floor that read: “NWEA is committed to providing the data and analysis that truly catalyzes kid-centric... Read more
11.1.18 Melissa Bain What “Dancing with the Stars” Teaches Us About Balancing Growth and Proficiency What do Olympic Gold Medalist Mary Lou Retton, NFL legend DeMarcus Ware, radio personality Bobby Bones and grocery store manager Joe Amabile have in common? They are some of the “stars”... Read more
9.27.18 Beth Tarasawa Three Research-based Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies U.S. public schools are becoming increasingly diverse, yet teachers of color continue to make up less than 20% of our teacher workforce. Here in Multnomah County in Portland, David Douglas School... Read more
9.4.18 Megan Kuhfeld Summer Learning Loss: Does It Widen the Achievement Gap? Summer is over, and many kids are heading back to school having lost some skills or knowledge from the previous school year. I wrote earlier this summer about how MAP Growth provides unique insights... Read more
8.21.18 Chris Minnich New Report from Gallup and NWEA: Assessing Soft Skills NWEA is pleased to present the fourth installment in our ongoing exploration into public perceptions of K-12 assessment. In this newly commissioned report from NWEA and Gallup – Assessing Soft... Read more
5.15.18 Chris Minnich Answering the Call to Lead I came into education through a temp job. True story. After college, my parents naturally wanted me to get busy with some work. So, I took a temporary job at the Oregon Department of Education. In my... Read more
4.10.18 Chris Minnich We Must See Beyond NAEP Today, the National Assessment of Education Progress, or NAEP, scores were released. What some call “the nation’s report card” often starts a debate about what NAEP results tell us about how... Read more
11.16.17 Derrick Vargason Meet Generation Alpha: 3 Things Educators Should Know They are in your schools now. And there are more coming—lots more. Are you ready for them? This year, more than 3.8 million students enrolled in kindergarten at public schools across the United... Read more
6.13.17 Beth Tarasawa NWEA Research Gets Local and National Attention A recent study, published in the Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk, found that students who participated in an Early Kindergarten Transition (EKT) program... Read more
3.30.17 Jean Fleming 8 NWEA Partners Selected as EdWeek’s “Leaders to Learn From” Today, our Media Spotlight shines on eight NWEA partners featured in EdWeek’s annual “Leaders to Learn from” series. The report, videos, and events from Edweek showcase innovative district... Read more
9.10.15 Jean Fleming Portrait in Partnership: Using MAP and MPG Assessment Data to Close Gaps Worthington City Schools is one of the top-performing districts in the Columbus, Ohio area. Though a quarter of its 9,500 students qualify for free and reduced lunch, 30% are identified as Gifted and... Read more
7.28.15 Joi Converse Shifting Assessments and the Need for Educator Communication Our own Raymond Yeagley penned an article in June’s School Administrator Magazine titled Shifting Assessments, in which he discusses the rightly placed expectation that test scores will be lower... Read more
